ROB GRONKOWSKI HAD BIG BACKSTAGE HEAT PRIOR TO WWE EXIT
Rob Gronkowski released from WWE. Gronk exercised his release clause by mutal concern with WWE.
Fightful reports that people they’ve spoken to “had negative things to say about working with Gronk after his WrestleMania fiasco.”
At performance center Gronk did a dive which wasn’t without protest. But the fact that the dive had to performed by the Vince McMahon and this was the dive which is leaked out and everyone thought that was going to happen at Money in the Bank PPV. It was made pretty clear that Gronk didn’t have too many fans backstage after that.
There was heat on Gronkowski after his hesitation to do his scheduled spot put the WrestleMania filming two hours behind schedule. One top name on the roster called Gronk “A F*ckin’ clown who we are so much better off without.”
Gronk was on the RAW side and most people didn’t have to deal with him there. He was considered a “SmackDown guy.”
It was also reported that few people in WWE had to deal with Gronk in the past few weeks after his WrestleMania situation.